Commonwealth v. Berney

Citations

• 262 Pa. 176
• 105 A. 54
• 1918 Pa. LEXIS 614

Syllabus

<p>Criminal law — Trials—Instructions to jury — “Reasonable doubt.”</p> <p>1. While in a criminal case, it is desirable that the court should explain to the jury the legal meaning of the expression “reasonable doubt,” it is not reversible error for the court to instruct the jury in the very language of the law, and to stop with that.</p> <p>2. WTbere on appeal from a conviction of crime the only error assigned is the failure of the trial court to explain the expression “reasonable doubt” to the jury, and no request for such explanation was made at the trial, the conviction will be sustained.</p>